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Alabama

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after brief instructions, the students were eager plant along the dunesDune Restoration on Dauphin Island Redux
The Mobile County, Alabama, Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), the NRCS Brooksville Plant Materials Center (PMC), and approximately 90 second- and fourth-graders from Collier and Dauphin Island Elementary Schools recently helped restore Hurricane Katrina-flattened dunes by planting 2,000 seedlings on the southern end of Dauphin Island.  Watch the USDA video news release that highlights the event.   Read the NRCS This Week account of the event.

Florida

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The Suwannee River Partnership is an example of outstanding leadership and personal stewardship in achieving results through cooperative conservation, according to Florida NRCS State Conservationist Niles Glasgow.

 
Wisconsin

sign marking the site of the Ho Chunk sacred burial mounds (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)WHIP Helps Clean-up Sacred Burial Mounds for Ho-Chunk Nation
The NRCS Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) will help restore the Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds that had long been overgrown with brush, pine, and invasive species.  The Ho-Chunk Indian Nation assumed ownership of the sacred site from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation this month and will restore it as an interpretive educational site.
 

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(from left) Bob Hotchkiss, NRCS/NWTF Liaison; Jared McJunkin, NWTF Regional Biologist (accepted the award for Edward Eitel); Raymond Cocke; Reggie Arrington; James Spencer; and Bryan Burhans, NWTF Wildlife Biologist and Director of Land Management Programs (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)NWTF Recognizes Four NRCS Employees
 The National Wild Turkey Foundation (NWTF) recently recognized four NRCS employees by presenting them with the NRCS-NWTF Partnership Award for their hard work and contributions to improving wildlife habitat for wild turkeys and other wildlife.


 

Minnesota NRCS engineer Jessica OlsenMinnesota NRCS Engineer Featured
Minnesota NRCS engineer Jessica Olson was featured as the May 2007, Junior Engineering Technical Society Pre Engineering Extreme Engineer of the Month.

 

(from left) Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission Chairman Joe Fitzsimons; Texas Governor Rick Perry; Sue & Gary Price; Gary Price Jr., Jubilee Dickson; and David Allen of Sand County FoundationTexas 77 Ranch Receives the 2007 Leopold Conservation Award
The Sand County Foundation, in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, recently presented its Leopold Conservation Award to Texas landowners Gary and Sue Price of the 77 Ranch in Navarro County, Texas.

 

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NRCS "Save Energy Save Money" exhibitNRCS to Participate in Bioenergy Awareness Day
NRCS, along with other USDA agencies, will participate in a Bioenergy Awareness Day to be held on June 21, in the Department’s South Building Cafeteria.  NRCS will feature an energy nomadic exhibit and provide information on energy conservation to visitors. Fact sheets on the NRCS Energy Estimator for irrigation, tillage, and nitrogen will be available as well as material on irrigation water management, integrated pest management, and nutrient management.  Several USDA agencies will showcase their renewable energy efforts.

eighty percent of the approximately 1,400 seed plants grown around the world require pollination by animals like the hummingbirdJune 24-30, 2007 Is National Pollinator Week
By U.S. Senate resolution 580 and the proclamation by USDA Secretary Johanns, June 24-30, 2007, has been designated National Pollinator Week.  Secretary Johanns called upon the people of the United States to “join me in celebrating the vital significance of pollinators to agriculture and to public lands as well as the Department’s conservation assistance to farmers and ranchers and its management of ecosystems providing valuable pollinator habitats throughout the Nation.”

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(above) Tony Tolsdorf on the tower and Garry Schaefer on the ground completing the installation of the Circleville SCAN site (NRCS photo – click to enlarge)Soil Climate Analysis Network Expanded in Utah
The national NRCS Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) has recently seen major expansion in Utah with the installation of nine sites and another seven to be added this fall to assist farmers and ranchers with land management decisions.

 

 

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NRCS Directives for June 13, 2007

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1937 photo shows dust clouds billowing over Highway 59 south of Lamar, Colorado. (NRCS image — click to enlarge)Colorado Dust Storm
This 1937 photo shows dust clouds billowing over Highway 59 south of Lamar, Colorado.  (NRCS image — click to enlarge). 

NRCS This Week features a weekly historical photo and caption.  NHQ, districts, States, RC&D councils, and all other NRCS entities are invited to submit a historical photo of activities or individuals who have worked or are working for the agency along with a caption. 
 

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